HSK 3 · Management & Basics

正式

zhèng shì

formal; official

Stroke order of 正式

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

正 · 5 strokes式 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

Upright 正 pattern 式: formal.

Parts: 正 correct + 式 style

The characters in 正式

正 zhèng — just; right; straight (5 strokes)

Example sentence

这是正式的会议。

This is a formal meeting.

Words with 正

正在in the middle of (doing)正just; right; straight 正常normal 正确correct 真正real; genuine 正好just right; happen to 正是exactly; precisely 反正anyway

Words with 式

形式form 方式way; manner

More words: Management & Basics

管to manage; to care about 管理to manage; management 基本basic; basically 基本上basically; mainly 基础foundation; basis 根本fundamental; at all 绝对absolute; absolutely 重大major; important 需求demand; need 需要to need; needs 分配to distribute; to assign 分组to divide into groups 组合to combine; combination 整理to tidy up; to sort out 区别difference; to distinguish 分别to part; respectively; difference

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